10 Useful and Free Mac Applications to Run Events

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No secret we love Macs and Apple when it comes to getting things done. If you are a member of the Apple tribe, here are few applications that will help in running your event. We had a blast with iPhone earlier this year. Now the time to show you how your Mac could become an extreme productivity… Read more

15 Free Ebooks About Event Planning

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Photo by libraryman via Flickr A little bit more indulgence. Hard days of researching to bring you effective tools for your event planning business or career. Download them on your PC, ipod, pda and read them. I am sure you will get inspired and remember that every little bit… Read more

5 ways to promote events you don’t know

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Photo by luc legay Many people lately have been asking me to promote their events on social networks. My response to most of them is this post. Social Media and social networks now offer great potential to cut costs on event promotions. Social media and social networks are just buzzwords to… Read more

Let’s get back networking

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On Tuesday, I hosted the first Linked in London meetup. Great individuals, in a relaxed atmosphere talking about their business and networking. This juicy practice has been stripped away from us planners, possibly we deprived ourselves of it. Charging enormous amount of money for… Read more

Finally… Amiando!

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I talked in the past about trying to find an open source, free and complete alternative to expensive EM software.  Well Amiando it’s the closest solution to that. They have released a new version of the already great platform. I must admit it kicks asses, to use an allegoric phrase. Don’t… Read more

The top 5 professional suggestions on running your event business

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This is a collective effort of the Linkedin community to help you in setting up your own event management business. We have a 1200+ Event Planning & Management Group there which I invite you to join. The community has so far answered on what makes an event outstanding and on the top 5… Read more

Top 5 qualities of the successful event manager

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This post is a collective effort of the Linkedin event community trying to identify the attributes that make an event professional stand out. A few comments. Read all the answers as you may be inspired by the very latest and I can tell by the quality that every single participant made an effort… Read more

What the Cluetrain Manifesto taught me about events

The Cluetrain Manifesto is almost ten years old. I was actually surprised to see it was written in 1999 for two reasons: – It is amazing to see how it is still relevant to both Internet and businesses. The words of the manifesto sound like a Web 3.0 startup’s mission. They got it right. The… Read more

Corporate Holiday Parties: Last Minute Tips to Ensure Success

Robert Mackasek, CEO of Valera Global, a provider of executive transportation, offers last minute tips to ensure successful corporate holiday events. As 2007 draws to a close, corporate event planners across the nation are eagerly anticipating their holiday parties. The venues have been secured,… Read more

Work Breakdown Structure, Gantt and Budget Template

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While the quest for My Event continues I thought I’d share with you a super useful template for managing events.The template is based on Openproj What is Openproj? As for its website “OpenProj is a free, open-source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project. OpenProj has been downloaded over… Read more